Built-in electric field, light co-driven materials for energy and sensing

该项目旨在解决光催化和光电化学发展中的关键瓶颈问题，这些技术是实现可持续碳中和社会的关键技术。该项目希望使用一种创新的应变工程方法，在材料内建立内置电场，以便高效地分离和传输光激载流子。该项目的预期成果是创造新的突破性材料和/或纳米系统，克服传统半导体的固有弱点，并显著提高其光催化和光电化学性能，从而有利于在能源、环境和健康方面利用太阳能和光能。

This project aims to resolve critical, bottleneck issues in the development of photocatalysis and photoelectrochemistry - key technologies towards the realisation of a sustainable carbon-neutral society. This project expects to use an innovative strain-engineering approach establishing a built-in electric field within materials for highly efficient separation and transport of photoexcited carriers. Expected outcomes of this project are to create new, ground-breaking materials and/or nanosystems that overcome intrinsic weakness of conventional semiconductors and significantly improve their photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical performance, for the benefit of the utilisation of solar and light energy in energy, environment and health.